Despite the many clear benefits of an active lifestyle, lack of physical activity is a significant
health problem in the college population. A key issue in physical activity research is …

Objective: The authors examined differences in exercise motivation between age, sex, and
race for college students. Participants: Students from 156 sections of physical activity …

Objective Given 'the inconsistent findings in the literature, the authors' purpose in this study
was to examine the associations between physical activity and behavioral and perceptional …

ABSTRACT Ebben WP, Brudzynski L. Motivation and barriers to exercise among college
students. JEPonline 2008; 11 (5): 1-11. The majority of Americans, who are overweight or …

Despite the well documented benefits of an active lifestyle, lack of physical activity is a
significant health problem in college students. The purpose of this descriptive study was to …

This study examines current exercise habits and perceived benefits and barriers to exercise
in a sample of 147 undergraduate university students. It found a significant relationship …

Objectives: To assess sex/race differences on psychosocial correlates of physical activity
among college students. Methods: Survey research protocol. Results: Students (n= 636) …

Objective: To investigate the motivational factors and the barriers to physical activity (PA) in
traditional college students (TS) and nontraditional college students (NTS) and determine if …

Background. The interrelationships among health behaviors are not well understood. The
present study examines health behaviors and their relations to various types of physical …

Despite the known benefits of regular physical activity, research shows a significant decline
in physical activity participation and an increase in sedentary behavior during young …